Just as in your homework, this example provides a basic map (below) and a source (to the right ) that contains information about trade routes that need to get charted on the map.

Route Which Goods Who Transported 1 "fruit of the shrub" X'ism merchants from Reefer Islands by dhow 2 "fruit of the shrub" Pizzaguylandia merchants by canoe 3 "fruit of the shrub" brought South, Books brought north Merchants from Needwistand

Sample Source:
Upon hearing the news, I took my journey from my home of Badobad at night north across the desert to Fritzabad. There I discovered that the Sultan of that city, Fritz Al-Majnun, invited traders from many points to sell their goods in his city. I found in the markets of Fritzabad merchants from Pizzaguylandia selling valuable fruit of a shrub. They bring the fruit from their homeland, though it does not grow there. They purchase it from merchants coming from the Reefer Islands to the East of the shore nearest Badobad who follow the religion of X'ism. These men sail the open seas in dhows to Pizzaguylandia, where they exchange their fruit for much food, but they this so greedily and quickly they return home with little for their trip... Traders from Pizzaguylandia take this fruit and travel by canoe across the narrow sea passage to land and then by river to Fritzobad, where they trade it for many books. One also encounters merchants from a land to the south, Needweedistan, who buy as well this fruit and transport it South by river and land. To acquire this fruit, the merchants from Needwistan sell books they make in their home land.

Things to Notice:

A) You can use whatever graphical notations that make sense to you when transferring the information from the sources to the map for your homework; here I'm merely providing an example of one of several possible approaches.

B) Although the author of the hypothetical source above merely travels from the nearby city of Badobad to Fritzabad, the narrative contains information about trade routes beyond the author's Badobad--Fritzabad journey. This information has been charted on the map; you should do the same on your homework.

C) In this example, not only have the locations of the various routes been charted on the map (the "where" question of your homework), but the "who" and "which" questions have been answered with a table (to the left